Toon news round-up
Well, it looks like our question has been answered.
We watched the debuts of the two new live action series last night, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and Saul of the Mole Men....
What are they reading in Singapore?
David Welsh has a list of the manga best sellers in Singapore:
The Straits Times apparently ran a big package of articles in Sunday’s edition, and one of the sidebars listed the top five shônen...
American Anime Awars finalists named
The very first American Anime Awards will be given out during NYCC, and the finalists have been announced:
The New York Comic Con today announced finalists for the inaugural American Anime Awards. Over...
Erin Hunter at Tokyopop
Tokyopop and Harper Collins are teaming on a new manga series based on the bestselling fantasy books by Erin Hunter: KITTY!!!
TOKYOPOP, the leader of the Global Manga Revolution and HarperCollins Publishers, one of the...
Links of note
§ This reader was not a fan of The Geppi Entertainment Museum:
You see at museums they put up signs/plaques that explain things. As a visitor, you really aren’t ever expected to read every plaque,...
Pants man — now subtitled!
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Hazu mazu! A long time ago we linked to the UNtransleted version of this classic Japanese tiger toon potty training video. Now, thanks to Andrew Sullivan we link to one where you can...
Ross Campbell forced to abandon character
Via Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat a comment thread wherein OEL manga-ka, and now Minx creator Ross Campbell reveals that at least one contract at Tokyopop ended a bit sadly:
Alas for The Abandoned 2, i sorta...
Quick hits
• Rivkah is hiring.
• First Second's Spring '07 catalog is up and it looks awesome: Campbell, Sfar, Guilbert, and more.
• THEM, the TV show based on the Image comic SIX, os shooting...
Kibbles, bits: “It’s so invigorating. I just love it. “
§ Beat Pal "Casey" writes to say:
Brian Michael Bendis was on Howard Stern Tuesday morning. He wasn't on the actual show, just an interview with the Howard News team that they play in...
Del Rey launches original manga with pop star – UPDATED
UPDATE via Manga Blog: This blogger says how to make manga mavan Christopher Hart is also doing an OEL/OGM/americmanga for Del Rey.
Christopher Hart is drawing/writing The Reformed. http://www.artstudiollc.com/ here's his site, wherein he...
Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and his other collaborations with writer Carlos Sampayo.
The other prize...
Steve Gerber responds to Brevoort
A while ago, everyone linked to an interview with Marvel editor Tom Brevoort in which he told many insider stories, including one about Steve Gerber that was not very flattering to the latter. Well,...
